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    surrogate

    surrogate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word surrogate

    Definition
    (noun) someone who takes the place of another person
    Synonyms : alternate , replacement
    Definition
    (noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
    Synonyms : deputy
    Definition
    (adj) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
    Synonyms : foster
    Example Sentence
    • foster parent
    • foster child
    • foster home
    • surrogate father
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for surrogate

Sir+ro+gate: Sir rokar gate se bahar chale gaye and so we need to call someone lese for teaching

u wud ve heard abt surrogate mothers..substitute..

surrogate - sub + rogate (rogare-latin); rogare is to ask.. As in interrogate.. surrogate is to ask someone to SUBstitute...

The unhappy knight chosen to substitute for the king & fight the thousand armed monster was SIR SORROW, who was famed for tearing a gate off an enemy's castle and carrying it away, so he was given the name SIR SORROW GATE.


Word used in video below:
text: the firstborn were his surrogate
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